Wild Women: Crusaders, Curmudgeons, and Completely Corsetless Ladies in the Otherwise Virtuous Victorian Era

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A delightful collection of 150 profiles of women who refused to confine themselves to the nineteenth-century Victorian model for proper womanhood.During the Victorian era, a woman&’s pedestal was her prison . . . &“Women should not be expected to write, or fight, or build, or compose scores. She does all by inspiring man to do all.&” —Ralph Waldo Emerson &“There is nothing more dangerous for a young woman than to rely chiefly upon her intellectual powers, her wit, her imagination, her fancy.&” —Godey&’s Lady&’s Book magazineBut, scores of nineteenth-century American women chose to live life on their terms. In this book you will meet women who refused to remain on a Victorian pedestal. In San Francisco, a courtesan appeared as a plaintiff in court, suing her clients for fraud. In Montana, a laundress in her seventies decked a gentleman who refused to pay his bill. A forty-three-year-old schoolteacher plunged down Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. A frail lighthouse keeper pulled twenty-two sinking sailors out of the ocean off Rhode Island. A pair of Colorado madams fought a public pistol duel over their mutual beau. Two lady lovebirds were legally wed in Michigan. An ad hoc abolitionist spirited away scores of slaves on the Underground Railroad. A Secessionist spy swallowed a secret message as she was arrested, claiming that no one could capture her soul.Featuring fifty black-and-white photos from the era.Perfect for fans of Women Who Run with the Wolves or Badass Affirmations.Praise for Wild Women&“A fantastic read with unforgettable woman from across the world. I love this groundbreaking and fascinating book of wonderful women!&” —Becca Anderson, author of The Book of Awesome Women
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781642503654
Related ISBNs:
9781642503647
Publisher:
Mango Media
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Copyrighted By:
Autumn Stephens
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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